Senior Advisor, RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)
Main: Director Emeritus, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
Makoto Kobayashi
D.Sci.
- Research Fields
- Theoretical Particle Physics
- Appointment History
- 2016/12/01 - 2018/03/31Senior Advisor, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) Main: Professor Emeritus, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
- 2018/04/01 - 2020/03/31Scientific Advisor, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) Main: Director, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
- 2020/04/01 - 2025/03/31Scientific Advisor, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) Main: Director Emeritus, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
- 2025/04/01 - Senior Advisor, RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) Main: Director Emeritus, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
Message
Mathematical approaches have the potential to reveal new horizons of basic science that go beyond the framework of conventional research disciplines. I hope iTHEMS will become a prominent and fruitful research hub for mathematical studies.
Brief Resume
| 1967 | Nagoya University, BS Physics |
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| 1972 | Nagoya University, D.Sci. Physics |
| 1972 | Kyoto University, Assistant |
| 1979 | KEK, Assistant Professor |
| 1985 | KEK, Professor |
| 2003 | KEK IPNS, Director |
| 2004 | KEK, Executive Director |
| 2007 | JSPS, Executive Director |
| 2008 | KEK, Honorary Professor Emeritus (to the present) |
| 2009 | JSPS Research Center for Science Systems, Director |
| 2018 | Director, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University |
| 2020 | Director Emeritus, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University |
Awards and Honors
| 1979 | Nishina Memorial Prize |
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| 1985 | J.J.Sakurai Prize |
| 1985 | Japan Academy Prize |
| 1995 | Asahi Prize |
| 1995 | Chunichi Prize |
| 2001 | Person of Cultural Merit |
| 2007 | EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prize |
| 2008 | Order of Culture |
| 2008 | Nobel Prize for Physics |
| 2010 | Elected to the Japan Academy |
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July 12 (Sat) 13:00 - 17:00, 2025 External Event